Not that I spend a lot of time shopping the black market for human body parts, but if this price list was true a LOT more people would be selling their blood on the black market if it was $297/pint. US Red Cross says you can donate whole blood (which is one pint) 6 times a year. That would be a nice $1782 cash infusion (pun intended) for most folk’s bank account.
Yeah I forgot to ask my local shady organ harvester what the current rates are. I’ll try to remember to bring it up when I see them at the farmer’s market tomorrow~
When I donate blood, I get 21.5€ compensation, I’m pretty sure the receptionist, the doctor and the nurse that are (in total) occupied for half an hour probably cost another 50€ pre-tax/social insurance. The equipment, lab-testing, transport etc. will probably cost another 50€. And I get a free lunch, that’s probably worth 5.22€. In total that’s 126.72€ or 148.5 USD. Double that for the blackness of the market to get to 297$ doesn’t seem too far off. I assume the prices in the image are retail prices, and not wholesale, so post-extraction.
Why is “skeleton” listed alongside “bones and ligaments”? And why is the skeleton cheaper if you also buy the ligaments? Is it the labor cost to remove the ligaments?
Not that I spend a lot of time shopping the black market for human body parts, but if this price list was true a LOT more people would be selling their blood on the black market if it was $297/pint. US Red Cross says you can donate whole blood (which is one pint) 6 times a year. That would be a nice $1782 cash infusion (pun intended) for most folk’s bank account.
Yeah I forgot to ask my local shady organ harvester what the current rates are. I’ll try to remember to bring it up when I see them at the farmer’s market tomorrow~
When I donate blood, I get 21.5€ compensation, I’m pretty sure the receptionist, the doctor and the nurse that are (in total) occupied for half an hour probably cost another 50€ pre-tax/social insurance. The equipment, lab-testing, transport etc. will probably cost another 50€. And I get a free lunch, that’s probably worth 5.22€. In total that’s 126.72€ or 148.5 USD. Double that for the blackness of the market to get to 297$ doesn’t seem too far off. I assume the prices in the image are retail prices, and not wholesale, so post-extraction.
Lots of people selling their blood plasma for a lot less.
Why is “skeleton” listed alongside “bones and ligaments”? And why is the skeleton cheaper if you also buy the ligaments? Is it the labor cost to remove the ligaments?
Is that per lung or for both?
Also unrelated question, can one live with one lung?
You can live with one lung just fine. The right lung is better than the left one tho.